Chelsea vs Aston Villa Stats & Premier League Betting Analysis

Chelsea welcome Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon for a Premier League showdown of two clubs with Champions League aspirations. 

The Villans are amongst Europe's elite this season – and competing exceedingly well – ensuring they will want to try and book their spot again for next year. 

Enzo Maresca's Blues have made a solid if not spectacular start and are amongst the contenders for the top four. 

Chelsea vs Aston Villa Odds

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Form Guide 

This pair entered the weekend in fourth (Chelsea) and eighth (Villa) but their recent form belies those positions. Chelsea have won just two of their last six in the league – beating Newcastle here and Leicester away – and that is only enough to see them eighth during that sequence of games. 

Things have slipped alarmingly for Villa boss Unai Emery, with one win six in the Premier League and six points from 18 in that run leaving them as low as 17th in the form table. 

Combined, these two teams have managed to win just three of their last dozen games played in the league. The draw here is priced at 16/5. 

Head-to-head 

This Stamford Bridge clash is going to be the 167th meeting of these two bastions of English football. 

They have been evenly matched through the years, each enjoying spells atop the football pyramid. Chelsea's 69 wins is nine more than Villa (60) while there have been 37 draws. 

Villa are unbeaten in the last three Premier League meetings, winning twice, while they got a scoreless draw here in the FA Cup in January, but lost the replay 3-1 at Villa Park. 

Chelsea have only managed one win across the last six meetings of these two in west London. 

Goals 

Chelsea entered this weekend as the third-highest scorers in the Premier League this season, behind only Tottenham and Liverpool. 

The Blues have found the net 23 times in 12 games this season, finding the net in 11 successive games since the opening weekend 2-0 loss here against Manchester City. 

Both teams have scored in nine of Chelsea’s 12 league outings since Maresca took control. Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer are leading the way for the Blues with seven league goals each. 

Aston Villa have scored 19 and conceded the same amount in their 12 games. Both teams have found the net in nine of those games. Both teams to score here is 8/15. 

Jhon Duran (four) was making the headlines early on but England poacher Ollie Watkins has overtaken him with five goals and is now leading the way.

Cards 

Chelsea's 45 yellow cards entering the weekend was a Premier League high. Villa meanwhile have collected 31 cautions, just inside the top 10. 

The Blues are yet to have a player sent off in the league, while Villa have one red card – inexperience catching out Jaden Philogene as he earned two quick yellow cards in a 3-1 win at Fulham in October. 

Chelsea are 5/6 to get the first card, with the home side 5/4 to earn the most booking points. 

Fouls 

Moises Caicedo (23) has committed more fouls in the Premier League than any other Chelsea player, with Wesley Fofana (18) and Levi Colwill (15) next in. 

For Villa, midfielder Youri Tielemans (19) has committed more fouls than anyone, with compatriot Amadou Onana (16) following him on the list, while Lucas Digne and Morgan Rogers – both on 14 – are next in line.

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